Robert "Tim" Mahoney

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December 18, 2020 · via mobile

Goodbye old friend. True friend. You were there for me in my darkest hour. Thank you.

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December 18, 2020 · via mobile

Endless hours playing cribbage

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December 16, 2020 · via iPad

It was a wonderful Online Memorial for Tim today.. I am so thankful I was able to participate even though only by audio on my phone. It was beautifully put together and so wonderful the heartfelt comments for Cousin Tim.. God Bless you Collette and I... more

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December 4, 2020

Loved our time when we went shooting in August! Last time I got to hug him...

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December 1, 2020 · via iPhone

I wish we had taken pictures back when we were young like we do today ! I knew Tim from the time I was barely ( just 13) a teenager through young adulthood & saw him rarely after he moved away from Boise and then I moved away. I’ll tell you this... more

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December 1, 2020 · via iPhone

I showed up to Boise, Idaho in January 2000 at 24 years old having never really left the state of Alabama. I was nervous and, to be honest, a bit scared about what was going to happen over 2,000+ miles from home. It was extremely overwhelming coming to a... moreI showed up to Boise, Idaho in January 2000 at 24 years old having never really left the state of Alabama. I was nervous and, to be honest, a bit scared about what was going to happen over 2,000+ miles from home. It was extremely overwhelming coming to a new company at an existing project site where things had been underway for almost 1 1/2 years with a project team who had already formed a bond. I was initially an outsider to everyone ... with exception to one man.

I remember sitting in my office getting the lay of the land trying to just understand what we are building. In the officer trailer came a guy with a distinct mustache smiling ear to ear immediately introducing himself as Tim Mahoney. He was the Labor Foreman on the project. Basically, he was the guy on site that knew everything going on. After a few days on the project I realized he was the one guy that everyone trusted and constantly relied on for help. Tim spent much of his time showing me around the first week or so and introducing me to everyone. He knew every single person’s name from the Danis employees, to the subcontractors, to the Client, and to the inspectors. It was amazing he could remember them all, but it quickly let me know what type person Tim was. Tim made my time in Boise so much easier not only on the project, but outside of work as well. It didn’t take long to realize he would be a great lifelong friend.

Tim made it from Labor Forman, to General Foreman, to Company Foreman very quick at Danis. He was the youngest Company Forman in Danis’ history, which was an incredible feat given the talent within the company. He spent the majority of his time in Boise, but also ended up traveling to Lawrence, Kansas on a project there as well. There is zero doubt Tim would have made it to Superintendent status if it weren’t for Danis running into financial trouble in the Spring of 2002. My wife, Tracy, and I left Boise in December 2001 to come back closer to home and landed with Skanska in Atlanta. As I mentioned above, several months after in the Spring of 2002 Danis started to run into trouble financially. The first phone call I made was to Tim. He talked it over with Collette and came to interview. He was hired as a Superintendent at Skanska on a $140 million project in Buford, GA.

Just as with Danis, Tim exploded onto the scene and impressed many people while building trust along with friendships. It didn’t take long for our VP of Operations to realize Tim was meant for something greater. Tim was promoted to Equipment Manager for our Atlanta Office that covered most of the Southeast. The previous management didn’t keep the equipment in proper shape leaving Tim with a monumental task. Y’all know Tim: most would gripe and complain, but he saw it as an opportunity. He flipped, repaired, leased, and purchased his way into an impressive fleet while building long lasting relationships with many rental houses and manufacturers. As always, even though Tim was the Equipment Manager, he was relied upon by many to jump back onto projects to help. He did so without question and was always willing to lend a helping hand.

Some of the most profitable projects in the Atlanta Office occurred at Anheuser-Busch. Even though Tim’s primary assignment was Equipment Manager, he was also assigned as the Superintendent on the first project we had with them. Through his personality, drive for quality, and want to build long lasting relationships, we ended up with one project after another. I remember one day Tim called me to come up to the project to meet with the Client. We were almost finished on a contract and they didn’t want us to leave, so Tim worked with the Client to actually create a project to keep us on site for another year. Are you kidding me?!?! He walks in the Client’s office and creates a project for us from nothing! We walked around the plant with the Client just creating and adding scope. In my 26 years in construction that has never happened other than once and it was Tim who accomplished it. I gave Tim the price a few days later and he sold it to Anheuser-Busch in less than an hour. As a side note, we made over 30% profit on that project (typical for Tim by the way). This just goes to show people trusted him wholeheartedly and Tim never abused that trust.

In 2008 I get a phone call from Tim asking if I had some time to talk. We sat down for lunch and he let me know that he was asked to move to our Chesapeake Equipment Yard and begin the process of taking over Skanska’s equipment fleet there as well as maintain responsibilities in Atlanta. We talked it over for quite some time and for the first time I heard a little doubt in Tim’s voice. It turned out to be he loved the people in Atlanta so much that he didn’t want to leave. Also, Collette and Tim had created such a great life in Atlanta. They helped so many people together and had such an impact on people’s lives. Most importantly, Atlanta was the place Collette and Tim raised Domino through his early impactful years. They both loved sharing stories about him and Tim always lit up any time you asked about Domino. I still remember watching him play travel baseball and seeing them beam with pride. Tim even passed down a couple baseball bats to my son that he used throughout little league. Even though their ties to Atlanta were strong, after much discussion and thought Collette, Tim, and Domino packed their bags for Chesapeake, Virginia

My goodness what a task it was in Chesapeake. Tim told me the equipment was very outdated, no proper records were kept, the yard was a mess, and to top it all off the people who managed it were still in place and unwilling to share much. Just as with Atlanta most would have been overwhelmed, but in some ways I think Tim wouldn’t have wanted it any other way. I cannot begin to explain how the “old guard” at the Chesapeake Equipment Yard operated and how protective they were of things, but Tim broke through and built trust with everyone in short order. That alone would take a normal human being a couple of years just to do that. However, while Tim was doing that he was also able to find old records of the equipment that dated back almost 40 years and sift through mountains of paperwork to determine how much things were worth as well as the cost to maintain them along with figure out how to mobilize massive marine fleet operations. This is what some people don’t realize given his humble nature: Tim was incredibly smart, innovative, and resourceful. He actually tried to hide it, but after the successes he had in turning things around in Atlanta and Chesapeake it became very obvious and people took notice.

As Skanska started to consolidate and standardize, Tim became a mainstay within the Equipment Division across the country. He worked closely with many people to get things in proper order, which wasn’t an easy task given the diverse fleet Skanska had ranging from 350-ton floating cranes to heavy foundation drilling rigs to huge dozers and massive scrapers to sophisticated tunnel boring machines. One thing for certain was Tim studied up and knew about every single piece. His knowledge was so vast that it would baffle me how he could rattle off maintenance data and pricing right off the top of his head. As he traveled around the country meeting with other Equipment Managers and Region Executives he became close with many people. Learning about how other Regions operate was secondary to Tim. His primary focus was always getting to know what caused each person to tick and how he could help them. It didn’t matter if it was someone fresh out of college, an Executive Vice President, or a laborer in the field, Tim wanted to know about you and if he had something to offer back. His helping hand is what lead to the next chapter in his life.

Just as with his phone call in 2008, I get another one in late 2014 asking if I had time to talk. You could always tell by the tone of Tim’s voice when it was serious. He was being asked to move to the Riverside, California Office to help with their equipment fleet. Just as with Atlanta, Collette and Tim had created a great life in Chesapeake both for themselves and others. Tracy and I were able to witness their positive impacts on people first hand at a couple parties in their home. It was beautiful to see how much they genuinely cared for others beyond their own well-being, which isn’t something you see too often these days. However, as painful as it was to say goodbye again moving west was great for them. Their family mostly lived on the west coast and made it easier to see Domino and Nico. So, off they went again on another adventure.

This move lead Tim to many different business initiatives. Once again, he was put in a very difficult position to help close down the Rocky Mountain Office and dispose of their equipment fleet. So, instead of building up and fixing equipment he was being asked to do the reverse. This obviously didn’t compute in Tim’s mind as his goal was always to impact positively and help people. He called me a lot during this time and just wanted to talk. You could tell it ate him up on the inside watching people lose their job some of which had made their entire career with the company. However, he turned it into a positive and helped many people land jobs elsewhere including a few back at Skanska Southeast where I was. Tim excelled greatly out west for Skanska and became very well known throughout the equipment industry. Most major equipment manufacturers knew Tim and, in turn, made Skanska a well-respected and select company to conduct business with. His impacts on the equipment industry are wide ranging and will forever leave a lasting impression on how business should be conducted.

October 31, 2020: I get a phone call from Tim asking if I had time to talk. It had the same seriousness as the others, but with a different tone. I’ll never forget it; not for what he told me was happening to him, but for his attitude and demeanor in the face of his biggest challenge in life to that point. Here I am sitting speechless with so many things running through my head and Tim is steadfast with a calmness knowing what he had to do and what it was going to take to get it done. I talked to Tim one more time on November 2, 2020. The things we discussed I’ll keep with me forever. That man had a way with words to get his point across and let his feelings be known that was unlike any other person I’ve had the pleasure of calling a friend. His ears were always wide open to take everything you could give and a huge heart to give all his love and understanding right back. I guess that was how he was able to impact so many people in such a positive way. I will miss those talks with him and look forward to the day I can pick back up where we left off. Rest easy my friend ... less

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November 28, 2020

The day before Tim passed he sent me a text with a profound question. “Did my actions line up with what I say or believe to be important to me?”.

I think it is important that people know what kind of a person Tim was and how absolutely the answer... moreThe day before Tim passed he sent me a text with a profound question. “Did my actions line up with what I say or believe to be important to me?”.

I think it is important that people know what kind of a person Tim was and how absolutely the answer to that question is YES !

Many do not realize he was one of the smartest people in our class. A pure problem solver with amazing memory and comprehension. A Brainiac in a Warrior’s body. It is not any surprise how incredibly successful he was in terms of family, friends, experiences, and career.

He was my favorite person to talk with about the crazy things in this world and do that ‘back when we were young’ stuff. He had strong opinions and the knowledge to back them up, but was also open to new ideas and actually having a conversation. His Relaxed, low baritone speak was calming and he really listened as well as he spoke.

Tim was friends with everyone in all social groups. He could recognize hundreds, perhaps thousands, of people by name and know something personal about them to this day. He never started a fight but was there to defend those who needed it, and finish the job if required. I think most would say he was the nicest Badass around…

He was basically a grown man physically in Jr high which changes how the world treats you. He grew up with few restrictions on his activities and did what most young boys would do in that situation. Fortunately your experiences shape who you are and young people with that much freedom get a lot of experiences and become well rounded people.

He did go down the wrong path briefly and paid the price. It is a testament to some of the challenges in our world when something can take down a person this strong. On the bright side it changed his life and was another experience that allowed him to become who he really was.

From that point forward he was true to what he believed was important. He and Collette Mahoney had faced many challenges together and started down a new path of enjoying life to its fullest. He was an excellent husband that cherished his Lady and a father figure that had a profound effect on the younger people in his clan. The number of amazing pictures I have seen go by of Tim and Collette in cool places enjoying life and family is heartwarming. He did exactly what he wanted, how he wanted, with and for the people he wanted.

He was also impressively successful and managed 100’s of millions of dollars worth of equipment purchasing and logistics on multibillion dollar construction projects. He obviously did an amazing job to achieve such an important and trusted position. There are Airports, Tunnels and Bridges all over this country that will have Tim’s fingerprint on them forever.

I can say with confidence that Tim Mahoney walked a path worth walking and his actions were in line with what is important.

My heart truly aches, and the world is a little less awesome without him. less